February 2012
6 posts
3 tags
Ash Wednesday
Dust and ashes are my friends,
The tools of repentance and rest.
They help me turn away from
the distractions and put down
The needful things.
All those anxieties,
Those plans, and dreams.
They are the tools I might use as I sneak away
With the One who calls my name.
I go with Him to encounter Love
In the hope that I might be changed
Dust and ashes are my friends,
The tools of...
2 tags
Some lenty links
Hooray for pancake day! Yesterday I wrote a few thoughts about approaching Lent. Here are a few links that might inpsire you with ideas for how to journey with Jesus over the next 40 days.
24-7 prayer spaces. 24-7 prayer are a great group of people into prayer, justice and mission. Over lent they are reading through John’s gospel and have a 5 min video to help you pray with them each...
2 tags
A few thoughts on approaching lent.
I’m the kind of person that loves seasons. Partly I think its because I just like change, so I get excited at the first frost, or the nights drawing in, or the mornings starting earlier, or wearing jumpers, or shorts. I like that its not all the same.
But I think I also like them because I’m built for rhythm, to come back to doing the same thing at the same time, to enjoy cycles. These...
1 tag
1 tag